The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Aviation Electrician’s Mate Second Class Clifford W. Ask (NSN: 3252956), United States Navy, for personal heroism during an electrical malfunction aboard the U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37) at Yokosuka, Japan, on 11 August 1952. While engaged in his duties as an aviation electrician’s mate of Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE (VA-195), Aviation Electrician’s Mate Second Class Ask suddenly sighted brilliant flashes and sparks on the hangar deck twenty feet away. Without hesitation and with complete disregard for his own personal safety he rushed to the scene of the electrical fire and rescued a dazed and apparently paralyzed man from the blinding and perilous flames of a spitting 440 volt power receptacle thereby preventing what may have been a fatal accident. The stunned victim was led to sick bay for treatment of second degree burns before Aviation Electrician’s Mate Second Class Ask quietly resumed his duties. The immediate action and courageous conduct displayed by Aviation Electrician’s Mate Second Class ask were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.